Another member of the Mackie Control family announced: the C4. It's a dedicated plug-in and virtual instrument controler with 4 banks of 8 pots, 4 displays (so no bank switch to read values). Up to 32 parameters (must be the 4 X 8 pots figure) can be accessed instantly or it can be used to handle faders or pans on 32 channels. It can be used alone or as an expansion of a Mackie Control system/expanders.
Support of Digital Performer and Emagic Logic Audio, others to follow. Available in the USA in Q2, during Summer for the rest of the world. $1099
Mackie Designs announced the introduction of the new TAPCO 6306, 6-channel mixer. This is the first product in the new TAPCO by Mackie family.
The TAPCO 6306 features two low-noise mic preamps, two instrument inputs, a stereo aux return to monitor, two aux sends, 8-segment LED metering as well as separate phones and control room level controls.
Defective records VSThost is an app that allows plug-ins to be used stand alone, outside current VST hosts software like your sequencer. It allows also users of Digital Performer, Protools, Metro, to use VST/VSTi if the software you run supports OMS-IAC (OS 9) or iMIDI (OS X).
VSTHost allows one VSTi and 4 VST effects plug-ins simultaneously, AIFF file playback or real-time audio through the VSTs. Outpouts goes to Sound Manager/ASIO in OS 9, CoreAudio in OS X, or straight to an AIFF file.
Future support of DirectConnect and Rewire are planned, as long as more VSTi simultaneously.
Ego Systems Inc has developped 3 new Firewire and a MIDI/SMPTE interfaces.
The QuataFire :
- 4 inputs included 2 fronted combo jack XLR (mic/line), phantom power, gain
- 4 outputs
- converters 24bit/192 khz
- phones with level
- 2 MIDI I/O
- S/PDIF I/O
- Firewire
- 1/3 rack case
The OctaFire (based on the WaMi rack) :
- 8 inputs including 4 fronted combo XLR/ jack, phantom power, gain
- 8 outputs
- converters 24bit/192 khz
- phones with level
- 4 MIDI I/O
- S/PDIF I/O
- Wordclock I/O
- 1 unit rack
The HexaFire :
- 16 inputs including 8 fronted combo jack/XLR, phantom power, gain
- 16 AES/EBU I/O by a D-25 connector
- phones with level
- converters 24bit/192 khz
- S/PDIF I/0
- Wordclock I/O
- VU Meter for each I/O
- 1 MIDI I/O
- 2 Firewire
- 2 units rack ...
Presonus is releasing TubePre, a new little tube driven mono channel pre-amp for microphone. it's a rackable version and has the classic gain and drive controls as well as a level indicator.
It features a 48v power supply allowing to use electret microphones, a 20dB attenuattor and a on/off 80Hz high range cut filter.
Roland prepares for its VariOS platform as seen on Sonicstate, virtual versions of their classic TB-303 and Jupiter 8. I think I've already seen something like that a few days ago ;) Korg maybe… Well, next time we'll see Yamaha with a virtual CS80 maybe (much less heavy and temperamental).
Apple is on the way to enter in the music online download scene with the help of the five Majors: Universal, Bertelsmann, Warner and EMI who would open their whole catalogs.
Steve Jobbs himself presented a revolutionnary platform which will make buying and dowloading of music as easy as buying a book on Amazon, thanks to a new technologic standard named Audio Advanced Codec.
Further on this tool would also include an anti-piracy system which would limit the numeric copies.
Korg will release Q3 in VST and Audiounits formats (so under OS X yeah!) virtual versions of their classic vintage synths:
- MS 20
- Polysix
- Wavestation
The synths will be based on CMT (component modeling technology, which is a form in fact of physical modeling). Other classics are to follow.
So after Waldorf, another hardware synth goes pure software. (just tell me why they use such bad trance/Eurodance as a soundtrack, their classic synths desserve better no?) :-/
DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) is introducing the XD10 Cinema Media Player, the first product in its new line of products being developed for the future of cinema. Engineered to deliver up to 10 channels of scalable digital surround sound, the XD10 is an expandable, reliable and user-friendly media solution for pre-show and feature film presentation. The XD10 is also compatible with both traditional film playback and emerging Digital Cinema.
Containing an internal hard drive capable of storing up to 30 feature film soundtracks, the XD10 gives distributors and exhibitors the flexibility of storing multiple languages of one title or multiple titles. The product is also capable of playing back enhanced video for alternate media, and has networking and pre-show programming features for an integrated presentation.
Korg announces a new Electribe groovebox: the MX. The MX is a 9 drums, 5 synths beast with 16 possible parts simultaneously (2 parts for accents, one on synth, one on drums). It uses a new version of analogue modeling called MMT (Multi Modeling technology, yes, before it was mono modeling maybe ;) and PCM sounds. You can choose from 16 models of oscillators, use formants, 4 filters, crunch 207 PCMs of drums or 76 PCMs of synths. So plenty of possiblility for noise here.
The groovebox also features 2 vacuum tube 12AX (push-pull anyone?), in the so-called Valve Force giving more power and some gritty overdrive if need be.
There is a sequencer (128 steps/part, 24 motions/pattern, 256 pattern max, memory 256 pattern, 64 songs. Modulation sources are assignable or tempo synchronized. Arpeggiator, ribbon controler, slider, scale. 4 outs (1 mono or a stereo and 2 individual outs), headphone, Midi i/O/thru. Back up on Smartmedia cards.
The Audio Engineering Society Standards Committee (AESSC) calls for comment on reaffirmation and revision of AES10-1991 (Recommended Practice for Digital Audio Engineering - Serial Multichannel Audio Digital Interface -MADI-). They try to simplify connexions between digital audio and multi channels devices.
- Peak goes 3.2.1: free update for 3.2 users, new for $499, available now. New features include a better opening of AIFC files without types and creators, a bug fix on the registration asked again after a network configuration change, and overall performance.
- Deck goes 3.52: free update for 3.5 users form and of March. $399 for new users. The update is fixing among a few things a bug about modem dial-up on launch and Peak being grayed out when selecting Launch External Editor (a bit annoying that ;).
- Vbox goes 1.2: this new version in now fully native OS X, and also compatible with Soundsoap (Hey, for a BIAS product, you can expect that :) Vbox is available now for $99. The upgrade is free to 1.0 users.
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS presents the first major update of their award winning, semi modular software synthesizer.
ABSYNTH 2.0 is now a synthesizer and a sampler!!! The list of the new features is so gorgeous that you really have to go on their site to believe what you will read.
The MODELmaker software is available free to all Neuron purchaser (see previous news) in OS 9 version, PC and OSX to follow this spring. A new soundset of 150 items is available too.
Tascam in collaboration with Frontier Design Group developed the US-122, a USB MIDI/audio interface featuring:
- 16 midi channels I/O
- 2 XLR phantom powered mic inputs with analog inserts or
- 2 line inputs on balanced TRS 1/4" jacks, guitar level switchable
- dedicated headphone outpout.
- Zero latency monitoring, level control, can be switched to mono
- 2 line outputs unbalanced with level control
- 24 bit 44,1 and 48KHz
- USB powered
- OS 8.6 to 9 and OS X
- ASIO, Sound Manager, Core Audio, OMS, FreeMIDI
- free cubasis VST
- $269
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Another member of the Mackie Control family announced: the C4. It's a dedicated plug-in and virtual instrument controler with 4 banks of 8 pots, 4 displays (so no bank switch to read values). Up to 32 parameters (must be the 4 X 8 pots figure) can be accessed instantly or it can be used to handle faders or pans on 32 channels. It can be used alone or as an expansion of a Mackie Control system/expanders.
Mackie Designs announced the introduction of the new TAPCO 6306, 6-channel mixer. This is the first product in the new TAPCO by Mackie family.
Defective records VSThost is an app that allows plug-ins to be used stand alone, outside current VST hosts software like your sequencer. It allows also users of Digital Performer, Protools, Metro, to use VST/VSTi if the software you run supports OMS-IAC (OS 9) or iMIDI (OS X).
Roland prepares for its VariOS platform as seen on Sonicstate, virtual versions of their classic TB-303 and Jupiter 8. I think I've already seen something like that a few days ago ;) Korg maybe… Well, next time we'll see Yamaha with a virtual CS80 maybe (much less heavy and temperamental).
Apple is on the way to enter in the music online download scene with the help of the five Majors: Universal, Bertelsmann, Warner and EMI who would open their whole catalogs.
Digidesign announced the compatibility of their Pro Tools 6 with the last update of mac OS X, the 10.2.4 version
Korg announces a new Electribe groovebox: the MX. The MX is a 9 drums, 5 synths beast with 16 possible parts simultaneously (2 parts for accents, one on synth, one on drums). It uses a new version of analogue modeling called MMT (Multi Modeling technology, yes, before it was mono modeling maybe ;) and PCM sounds. You can choose from 16 models of oscillators, use formants, 4 filters, crunch 207 PCMs of drums or 76 PCMs of synths. So plenty of possiblility for noise here.
The Audio Engineering Society Standards Committee (AESSC) calls for comment on reaffirmation and revision of AES10-1991 (Recommended Practice for Digital Audio Engineering - Serial Multichannel Audio Digital Interface -MADI-). They try to simplify connexions between digital audio and multi channels devices.
